Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Based on Amphiphilic Carbohydrates The paper gives an advanced report (related to the reviews of Jeffrey) on thermotropic mesogens based on carbohydrate amphiphiles. The different influences being responsible for the formation, stabilization, and for the type of the mesophases, such as the hydrogen bond network, the van der Waals interactions of the lipophilic chains, the regio‐ and stereochemical arrangements, and the molecular geometry are discussed more in detail. Furthermore, fluorinated sugars and selected inositol derivatives are involved in order to discuss the liquid crystalline behaviour of amphiphilic sugar mesogens.

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Amphiphilic and Mesogenic Carbohydrates. Part 2. Synthesis and Characterization of Mono-O-(n-alkyl)-D-glucose Derivatives. -Title compounds of type (III) and (V), (VII) (prepared similarly) form a mesogenic phase. Molecules (III) show great differences between melting and clear points. -(MIETHCHEN, R.; HOLZ, J.; PRADE, H.; LIPTAK, A.; Tetrahedron 48 (1992) 15, 3061-3068; Dep. Org. Chem., Univ. Rostock, O-2500 Rostock, Fed. Rep. Ger.; EN)

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